Lot 198

Bronze Age Copper Votive Axe Head & Brass Hair Coil

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Bronze Age Copper Votive Axe Head & Brass Hair Coil
Bronze Age Copper Votive Axe Head & Brass Hair Coil
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Bronze Age Copper Votive Axe Head & Brass Hair Coil

Estimate: $500 - $750

Starting Bid: $200

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by Artemis Fine Arts
August 7, 2026 9:00 AM MDT
Live Auction
686 S. Taylor Avenue
Suite 108
Louisville, CO, US 80027

Central Europe, Bronze Age, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A fascinating lot of two personal and ritual objects from the Bronze Age, illustrating both the spiritual and ornamental aspects of early European society. The first, a miniature copper axe head, features a flared blade and socketed body with a shallow depression along the hafting area. Too small for practical use, it was likely created as a votive offering - a symbolic weapon cast in reverence to a deity or as a token of status, sacrifice, or protection. The second object is a tightly wound brass hair coil, formed from a continuous spiral of wire, its metallic sheen dulled to a deep green patina from centuries of burial. Such coils were worn by women and occasionally men, often serving both as jewelry and as a marker of social identity within Bronze Age communities. Together, these two artifacts speak to the intersection of ritual and adornment during the Bronze Age, when metal was both a tool of survival and a medium of sacred expression. Size of larger (votive axe head): 2.3" L x 0.4" W (5.8 cm x 1 cm)

Provenance: private Hagar collection, Wildwood, Missouri, USA

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Item # 197551

  • Condition: Some small chips to axe blades. Both have weathering commensurate with age, but, are otherwise intact and very nice with rich patinas to surfaces.

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$300 $999 $50
$1,000 $1,999 $100
$2,000 $4,999 $250
$5,000 $9,999 $500
$10,000 $19,999 $1,000
$20,000 $49,999 $2,500
$50,000 $99,999 $5,000
$100,000 $199,999 $10,000
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